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Week Ahead: The Last 23 Standing

Only 23 western resorts are still open. Utah gets a surprise April storm. A 'forgotten coup' explains how the ski monopoly happened. And 85% of ski workers are alarmed about climate change.

Apr 13, 20267 min readweek-ahead, spring-skiing, utah, climate-change, antitrust, closing-dates, prediction-markets, april-2026
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Week Ahead: Vail Closes Wednesday. The Lights Are Going Out.

The biggest ski resort in Colorado is calling it quits 11 days early. Just 7 resorts remain statewide -- and the numbers are dropping fast everywhere.

Apr 6, 20266 min readweek-ahead, closures, vail, spring-skiing, april-2026, colorado, utah, pnw, california, mammoth, season-end
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Week Ahead: April's Last Gift -- A Storm Arrives Just in Time for the Funerals

Reuters is writing obituaries for the ski industry. Meanwhile, 6-9 inches are headed for the Rockies and PNW. Here's who can still use them.

Mar 30, 20267 min readforecast, closures, april-storm, spring-skiing, week-ahead, march-2026, climate, predictions, colorado, utah, wyoming, pnw
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Week Ahead: The Great Meltdown -- 50+ Resorts Closed Early and the Dominoes Keep Falling

The 2025-26 ski season is in full collapse across the West. Here's who's still standing, who gave up, and what comes next.

Mar 23, 20267 min readforecast, closures, heatwave, spring-skiing, utah, colorado, california, idaho, week-ahead, march-2026, climate, vail-resorts, gen-z
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Week Ahead: California Is Melting, Minnesota Is Buried, and the Season Is Splitting in Half

The worst March heatwave in California history is killing ski resorts while the Midwest digs out of a blizzard. Welcome to the weirdest week of 2026.

Mar 16, 20266 min readforecast, california, heatwave, minnesota, blizzard, pacific-northwest, vail-resorts, week-ahead, march-2026, climate
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Week Ahead: The PNW Is About to Get Buried

Washington's biggest storm of the season, Telluride's courtroom drama, and Colorado's warm spell that won't quit

Mar 10, 20265 min readforecast, pacific-northwest, colorado, telluride, week-ahead, march-2026, epic-pass, deer-valley
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Week Ahead: Late Feb Storm Train

Wednesday's CO system has models fighting -- here's what we know

Feb 24, 20264 min readforecast, colorado, storm, week-ahead, february-2026